Privacy commissioners across Canada have joined their international counterparts in calling on Google chief executive Larry Page to meet to discuss their privacy concerns over Google Glass.

“We would be very interested in hearing about the privacy implications of this new product and the steps you are taking to ensure that, as you move forward with Google Glass, individuals’ privacy rights are respected around the world,” reads the letter to Page, signed by Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner of Canada, BC’s Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham, Alberta Privacy Commissioner Jill Clayton, Jean Chartier, President, Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec, EU Data Protection Commissioners and privacy commissioners and advocates from Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Switzerland and Israel.

At the centre of the privacy concerns are Google Glass, a wearable computer that you don like a pair of glasses but which are actually a head-mounted display that delivers all the power of a smartphone or tablet computer – including the ability to record photos and videos.

The privacy advocates are putting some tough questions to Google, including:

How does Google comply with data protection laws and what privacy safeguards Google and application developers are putting in place.

In a recent Digital Life post, I interviewed BC’s Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham and you can read her comments regarding concerns over Google Glass here.